Jaybird's Freedom ($200) is a highly customizable headphone that really excels during workouts. Freedom feels like a successor to Jaybird's X2, which won this category last year — the build quality has been improved in Freedom.

Urbanears has an answer for workout warriors who don't like earbuds with its Hellas ($119) headphone. An affordable, lightweight on-ear headphone with solid sound, Hellas features a washable headband and earpads. Audio-Technica's ATH-SR5BT ($199) are extremely light, portable on-ear cans that offer high quality for a Bluetooth headphone.